Explosion in the port of Lebanon's capital, Beirut short time ago. Looks at least massive.
photos via @no_itsmyturn
photos via @no_itsmyturn
Beirut now:
Aftermath of the blast:
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Powerful explosion in Beirut captured from different angle:
Another footage:
From Beirut street:
Shockwave.
Al-Mayadeen reports dozens of wounded have been transferred to hospitals near the site of the explosion.
That's how the area around the port of Beirut looks now:
Perhaps the best footage of the explosion so far:
Streets of Beirut:
Even closer footage:
Beirut Airport (around 10 km from the explosion) damaged in the blast at the port.
photo via @michaelh992
photo via @michaelh992
The closest you can get:
Lebanese army reinforcements and a large number of ambulances heading to Beirut to transport the wounded.
via @alikhbariasy
via @alikhbariasy
Sadly, video from Al-Arabiya confirms the concerns about killed, not only wounded in the explosion in Beirut.
Warning: Graphic content.
Warning: Graphic content.
More photos showing damage at the Beirut International Airport, around 10km from the blast.
Pentagon spokeswomen: We are watching the developments of the explosion in Beirut and it is too early to comment.
via @SkyNewsArabia_B
via @SkyNewsArabia_B
Director-General of Customs Badri Daher: A chemical ward exploded at Beirut Port.
via @SkyNewsArabia_B
via @SkyNewsArabia_B
It seems the explosion in the port of Beirut was felt in Cyprus.
Reuters quoting Lebanese security and medical sources: At least 10 people killed, hundreds wounded in the explosions, numbers expected to rise dramatically.
Director-General of the Lebanese Public Security: What happened is not a bomb explosion, but a high explosive material that was confiscated (?) some time ago.
via @AlMayadeenLive
via @AlMayadeenLive
Beirut port and its surroundings.
Lebanon's President Aoun called the Supreme Defense Council for an emergency meeting this evening in Baabda Palace. - LBCI
US State Department: We are closely following the Beirut explosion reports and are ready to provide all possible assistance.
via @AlainBRK
via @AlainBRK
Lebanese Minister of Health: death toll rises to 30, and 2,500 injured in the explosion.
via @AlainBRK
via @AlainBRK
Israel has officially offered humanitarian aid to Lebanon.
Lebanese Minister of Health told Al-Jazeera at least 40 dead and 2,500 wounded in the explosion so far, numbers expected to rise.
One more video showing the moment of explosion:
Death toll rises to 50.
Shockwave struck the car after an explosion in the port.
Lebanese Minister of Health told Al-Jazeera there are at least 63 dead and more than 3,000 wounded at this moment.
Gemmayzeh neighborhood in Beirut after the blast.
Latest numbers from Lebanese Minister of Health: 70 killed and more than 3700 wounded.
Al-Mayadeen reports hospitals in the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon are preparing to receive the wounded.
Lebanon's Supreme Defense Council: Beirut declared a disaster city and a recommendation was submitted to the government to declare a state of emergency.
via @AlMayadeenLive
via @AlMayadeenLive
US President Trump: The United States stands ready to assist Lebanon. It looks like a terrible attack.
via @W7VOA
via @W7VOA
#BREAKING: US President Trump says US military thinks explosion in Beirut was a result of 'bomb of some kind.'
3 Pentagon officials tell CNN that for now there is no indication that the massive explosions in Beirut was any kind of an attack, as President Trump suggested.
via @HamdiAlkhshali
via @HamdiAlkhshali
Lebanese Interior Minister: We do not need the participation of an international team to investigate the explosion in Beirut.
via @ajmurgent
via @ajmurgent
Beirut port explosion aftermath from Russia's @roscosmos satellite "Kanopus-V"
🇬🇧 #RAF Lockheed C-130J Hercules C4 Reg. ZH874 from RAF Akrotiri to arrive in Lebanon shortly. Possibly carrying some kind of aid.
Lebanese Health Minister: 135 killed, about 5,000 wounded, and dozens of people missing as a result of the explosion.
via @lebanondebate
via @lebanondebate
White House aide said that the US has not totally ruled out that explosion in Beirut was an attack and 'still gathering intelligence.'
via @Reuters
via @Reuters
